Subject: IWG Inquirer Etown letter
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 14:33:23 -0400 (EDT)
The following went out on IWG letterhead listing 2 congregations, 5 religious
organizations and 37 clergy from 12 faiths and denominations. If you are in
the general Philadelphia area and represent a congregation or religious
organization or are clergy, let us know if you want to be added - all faiths
are welcome. We will also be happy to help start similar organizations in
other areas. Visit the web page at http://www.libertynet.org/~iwg/.
October 25, 1996
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PO Box 8263
Phila., PA 19101
Dear Editors:
Thank you for your front page coverage of the
Elizabethtown school board story. We were especially
fascinated by Barbara Estep's comments; she said that
Christian families are the only example that should be
taught in school, and that to teach otherwise is to
imply that any lifestyle is OK, but she does not want
to be considered a bigot. In a few short sentences she
implied that members of religions other than
Christianity are not worth mentioning in school, that
Christians do not live in families other than those
which fit Concerned Women for America's definition of
the norm, and that people who fall outside Estep's
definition of Christianity have no moral limits.
The job of schools is to prepare children for
adulthood, not to enforce ignorance or to protect
children from knowledge.
Sincerely,
Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators